Bass Pale Ale

Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Preston, England

This was the first beer I had where I thought, "wow, beer doesn’t have to taste like shitty water." That was over 13 years ago. Poured from tap into Imperial Pint. Clear, light amber with moderate head and impressive lacing for an EPA. Aroma of semi-sweet caramel and dark fruit; some toasted malt, English hops and metallic bitterness. Just slightly sweet toasted malt with light notes of caramel and English hops. Ends slightly spicy, metallic and bitter. Moderate carbonation (a little too high for an EPA), medium body, semi-dry finish. The most widely distributed EPA in the US is a nice, quaffable brew that doesn’t stand out, but is a good backup beer (as it was tonight).

12oz bottle and on tap. Pours light amber in color with a decent sized lacey head. The nose is pleasent floral hops and slight vanilla. Smooth rich malty flavor and mouthfeel. Mild hop biterness. A decent common brew.

Bottle, 1993-06-06, Italy, kind of olf englisg bitter¨, Had the first on een Italy, going there with the music school... Copper/amber body, powerful creamy head, malty and a bit bitter flavor.

Cider color; Medium body; Aroma of malt & a hint of dry fruit; Flavor mainly of malt, some caramel and grains; Very slight bitterness at the finish; Overall, a solid brew & easy to drink - though, middle of the road for me.

Draft. Poured a deep orange/amber with a smaller white head. Aroma was grainy cereal and some amber malts. Flavor had a little more potency with lots of bread and grains and a slight touch of nutts. Drinkable but sooo many better easy to find beers out there.

The appearance is a super-clear light orange with a solid foamy white head. Looks watery, but not thin. The aroma is sweet ale malt. More like a regular ale than a pale. Above average pub ale smell. THe flavor is sweetbread malt. Vague pale malt flavor, with some okay yeast presence. It’s slightly substandard out of the can. Too sweet of an aftertaste, and tastes like dishsoap as it warms up. Feels watery with a sweet burn on the way down. Milkier than expected. Soapy. It’s disappointing. I generally like Bass on tap but out of the can it didn’t hit the mark. Not awful, but subpar.

Pours clear water rust copper gold. A love in a pint and ready to chug with cronies and bolognies. Taste is a tad weak and has metallic hints with bread like features. Not a pale that I am used to but an english traet and who can bad mouth the brits.

On tap @ IAH. Pours a clear amber color with a small offwhite head. Sweet aroma of bready malts, some caramel. Medium body reveals more sweetness, honey, with a slightly metallic finish. Drinkable, standard ale.